It was honestly of of the most fun races I ve done so far. I loved going through Knott s Berry Farm,

My journey is one of patience. Just like the Hebrews 12:1 says, "Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." My weight loss journey has required MUCH patience, and as I have begun to run, even more. This is my journey, this is my race.
Friday night myself, Christy, and Crystal drove up to Buena Park (which was an adventure in itself!) and checked into our hotel (The Knotts Berry Resort Hotel), then went over to 24 Hour Fitness to pick up our packets.
Once we got those, we went in search of food. I will say this, while have races lined up are great motivators to keep me running, the night before they also give me an excuse to eat foods I wouldn t normally eat.
We found a Chili s restaurant and I ate tortilla chips and guacamole (split train travel in france between the 3 of us), a bacon cheese burger (only 1/2 though, that s good right?), french fries, and for desert? A chocolate brownie sunday (which I again, only ate 1/2). I will be totally honest. I did not track it at all. I will say this. A year or two ago, I would have eaten everything that I ordered and then probably gotten hungry again later. So while I didn t eat the best (I just HAD to carbo-load you know?) I didn t do what I would have done not too long ago.
We got back to the hotel and decided we were going to go down to the hot tub. We quickly train travel in france changed and then headed down the stairs to the first floor and then had to take the elevator to the Lobby to get out to the pool. We got out there only to discover that the hot tub was closed   So we headed over to the sauna (after discovering that the pool, which not freezing, was not warm).
While standing there talking, I realized that Christy and Crystal have been with me at every race that I ve run (all 3 so far) and Crystal has actually be a part of all 4 races (walking and running). I am so blessed to have these two amazing women to support me!
I honestly think my least favorite part of races so far is the start. Everyone is all bunched together and jostling to get into position. I was happy that I decided to walk the first 5 minutes because then I could find my stride and by the time I d start running, train travel in france everyone would would be spread out.
It was honestly of of the most fun races I ve done so far. I loved going through Knott s Berry Farm, which is one of my favorite places to go. The course was crazy though, all sorts of turns and switch backs. The first mile seemed like it went on FOR-EV-ER!!! But once I got past the first mile, it went pretty fast.
Even now, looking at the course above, it looks like it s longer than a 5K!!! And let me tell you, the last 1/3 mile that you run through the Lazy River was insane!!! When you first stepped in it, it was cold, but within a minute or so, it warmed up.
I was a little nervous that walking through there with my shoes on that I would slip. I had a moment s thought of taking train travel in france them off and putting them in a bag that was provided just as you got to the river, but I opted against train travel in france it. I didn t want to lose any more time that I would with slogging through the river in hip depth water.
However, I didn t think it would be as hard as it was! It definitely slowed me way down and walking through that river, with the currents was pretty strong in some areas and at the end, as you made a U-Turn, the current really pulled hard on you. What I found interesting is that even though it was hard going through the water, train travel in france once I got out, I felt refreshed and like I could run longer!
I held on and pushed to the end and even saved enough energy to SPRINT towards the end (I thought about fellow turtle Kim Conely and how she always does that and just knew that I wanted to end that way).
Then Crystal, Christy, and I decided to head back to the hotel to shower, change, pack up, and check out. We were meeting the others at a restaurant for brunch. We wound up at Katella Deli and it was SO good!